I need help with developing custom frontend templates in VirtueMart. My goal is to display product details in a specific way that matches what my client wants.
I’m not sure how VirtueMart handles template loading for frontend pages. Does anyone know the process of how these templates get called and rendered?
I’m looking for resources like tutorials, documentation, or guides that explain step by step how to create custom frontend pages in VirtueMart. Any recommendations would be great.
Has anyone worked on similar customizations before? What’s the best approach to take when building these custom product display pages?
been there! virtuemart templating is tricky, but there are some solid tutorials on the VM forums. start by copying the entire productdetails folder structure, then modify it piece by piece. also, check if your client wants responsive design - the default VM templates suck on mobile.
hey! have u looked into virtuemart’s template overrides? what kinda display features does your client want exactly - just product layouts or something more complex? the template structure’s confusing at first, but once u figure it out…
VirtueMart uses Joomla’s standard template override system. Check out the default templates in /components/com_virtuemart/views/ first - each view has template files that control what users see on the frontend. For product customization, you’ll want the productdetails view. Copy the template files from /components/com_virtuemart/views/productdetails/tmpl/ to your active template’s /html/com_virtuemart/productdetails/ directory. This way you won’t lose your changes when updates roll out. Here’s the thing - you need to understand VirtueMart’s data structure. Products load as objects with properties you can access through PHP variables in the templates. I’d start by studying the default.php file to see how product data moves through the template system, then build your custom layout from there.